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Chickens used for eggs live in tiny cages that fit themselves only. It's disgusting. Hopefully health authorities and regulators will start to question if thos
by libertine 5y ago
Chickens used for eggs live in tiny cages that fit themselves only. It's disgusting.
Hopefully health authorities and regulators will start to question if those places, besides unethical, are potential factories of virus strains.
You mention the ecological requirements of giving a chicken the proper larger space, which poses the question: maybe eggs for mass consumption just aren't ecological at all.
- distances 5y agoWithin the EU organic eggs, and other organic animal products, ensure animals have better living conditions. As far as I understand this also applies in the US. I can't speak for the rest of the world.
- Symbiote 5y agoBattery farming of hens has been illegal since 2012 in the EU, although enforcement might be lacking in some countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_1999/74/EC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_1999/74/EC
- belorn 5y agoThere is exception to that called "Furnished cage" which is allowed in EU, through some countries has banned it. Sweden is not one of them. To copy the text from wikipedia: "A number of countries have later adopted regulations to completely ban cage farming (including the furnished cage option), for example Switzerland, Germany and the UK with a transition period to 2025. "
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago>Chickens used for eggs live in tiny cages that fit themselves only. It's disgusting. In the EU, that only applies to code 3 eggs, which are already outlawed in many EU member states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_marking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_marking